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Old Boots (sculpture)

1957 establishments in Colombia1957 sculptures1992 disestablishments in Colombia1994 establishments in Colombia1994 sculptures
Bronze sculptures in ColombiaCartagena, ColombiaNational Monuments of Colombia
Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas y Monumento a los zapatos viejos
Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas y Monumento a los zapatos viejos

Old Boots (Spanish: Las Botas Viejas), also known as the Old Shoes Monument (Spanish: Monumento Los Zapatos Viejos) is a sculpture located in Cartagena, Colombia. The statue was created in honor of Colombian poet Luis Carlos López, who, in his poem A mi Ciudad Nativa, compared the city of Cartagena to a pair of old boots.

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Old Boots (sculpture)
Calle 31, Cartagena

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Los Zapatos Viejos

Calle 31
130001 Cartagena (Pie del Cerro)
Bolívar, Colombia
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Church of Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo
Church of Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo

The Iglesia de Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo is a Catholic church located in the historic center of Cartagena de Indias, in Bolívar Department, Colombia, specifically in the northwestern corner of Plaza Fernández de Madrid, at the intersection of Calle Curato and Calle del Sargento Mayor, in Barrio San Diego. Its construction began in 1666, becoming the last church in the city to be built during the colonial period, and suspended at the stage of foundation construction, it was restarted in 1730 and completed in 1732. Due to its historical value, it was declared a national monument in 1995 along with other buildings in the city.Among its relics, the main altarpiece is still preserved. Under the choir, the temple has a Mudéjar ceiling of indisputable Córdoban influence, as also happens with the alfarje (carved wood ceiling) and with the harneruelo (flat and central part of the coffered ceilings) of the main altar. Carpentry from Cartagena is beautifully represented in the two access doors to the sacristy, also the colonial font of Carrara marble in the sacristy is a masterpiece. In this also stand out the two artistic holy water fonts and the sink, pieces of alabaster elaborately carved, in the Sevillian Renaissance style. Inside you can also see some mural paintings, which survived the lime cover; and the Baroque-style main altar, restored at the end of the 19th century and regilded in 1953 by master Emiliano Luque García. Its advocation was Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo.